Editing Avon Park, Florida (section)

=== 1950s military plane crashes ===
On November 4, 1950, a [[Republic F-84 Thunderjet]] being flown by 22-year-old Donald Floyd Whiston of the [[United States Air Force]] from [[Naval Air Station Albany]] (formerly Turner Air Force Base) during training for the [[Korean War]], crashed into the ground, killing Whiston, at the Avon Park Air Force Range, just northeast of the city, after apparently stalling in the sky.<ref>{{Cite web |title=USAF ACCIDENT REPORT SUMMARY SHEET |url=https://www.aviationarchaeology.com/rptAF55.asp?RecID=7370 |website=Aviation Archaeology}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Accident Republic F-84E Thunderjet 49-2070, Saturday 4 November 1950 |url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/115378}}</ref>

Less than eight years later, on March 21, 1958, a [[Boeing B-47 Stratojet]] being flown from [[MacDill Air Force Base]] crashed into the ground at Avon Park Air Force Range. All four occupants were killed in the resulting explosion.<ref>{{Cite news |date=March 22, 1958 |title=MacDill Crash All Victims Here |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tampa-times-03221958-macdill-crash/19933783/ |access-date=July 29, 2024 |work=[[Tampa Times]]}}</ref>